Post * xVNeB — Curious Curator

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TIL many people in Switzerland eat cat and dog meat, particularly at Christmas.

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4QrN TIL that a murderer named William Chester Minor made enormous contributions to the writing of the Oxford English Dictionary while he was in a mental asylum.

M7gW7 TIL in the 18th century many prominent voices were concerned by an 'epidemic' affecting young people whereby they were spending too much time reading books. It was diagnosed as 'a dangerous disease' called 'reading rage, reading fever, reading mania or reading lust.'

wLGd1 TIL why toothpaste makes orange juice awful. A common detergent/surfactant called sodium lauryl sulphate in toothpaste both suppresses sweet receptors, and destroys phospholipids in your mouth which inhibit your bitter receptors. So it employs a double-whammy impact to your taste buds!

jNgNM TIL that over 500 operating room fires occur every year in the U.S.

epV4L Today I learned that Heinz invented the word “Ketchup” ~100 years ago; before, it was called “Catsup”